But life brings us great surprises – one day after calling my sis and hearing “I’m busy now” I met a reader of the blog that put a smile on my face: she’s 17 and adorable! She’s one of my coworker's daughter and wanted to meet me while dropping by the office. Her name is Marina and she made me blush with so many kind words about the blog. After that I even got a lovely email and a beautiful book. I’ve told her mom that I would like to “adopt” Marina as my little sister. :D

I made these cookies for her (after my macaron disaster) as a way to thank her for being so generous.

Marina, dear, it was a great joy meeting you and your tenderness made my heart warm again.xoxo

Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF; line two large baking sheets with baking paper.

Melt the 1 1/3 cups chocolate with the butter in a small saucepan over low heat – stir constantly until smooth. Set aside to cool for 5 minutes. Mix eggs, vanilla and sugar in a medium bowl. Combine thoroughly. Set aside.Sift flour and baking powder together in a small bowl.Add melted chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and slowly add your dry ingredients. When stirred, add the cup of chocolate chunks/chips and stir.

Scoop 1 ½ tablespoons of dough onto prepared sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until they are firm on the outside (dough loses its sheen). Leave to cool completely on sheets.

I was about to make a fudgy mocha brownie but then I saw this recipe! Hmm...These look so good. Maybe I'll do both. It is a holiday weekend after all. :)Thanks for the recipe. If I make them I'll post the pics on my blog.

I just made these and am quite disappointing that they turned out very different to yours (looks wise). They ended up super flat and huuuuuuuuuuuge. I'm wondering if maybe more than 1/4 cup of flour is needed?The mixture was very runny (but tasted good).

Laura, I'm so sorry to hear that... the recipe calls for just a little flour, and the batter is supposed to firm up a little as soon as the chocolate is cooled. Were you able to shape them correctly? Maybe the oven was too hot...

I had the same problem as Laura, I think it could be that while 1/4 cup of water is 34g, a 1/4 cup of flour is heavier. I found that when I added a few more tablespoons of flour and a little more baking powder the mixture was less viscous. DIspite this they were still lovely and the batch didn't last the evening!

Hi I tried it n had d same prob w Claire... The whole thing just spreaded out n become this huge thing... So the other half, I added a bit more flour ... It spreaded out again but wasn't as bad as the 1st tray... Then i put some into cupcake liners... Think will need to add more flour to make it spread less... tasted awesome anyhow! :)